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Florida’s economy is moving in the right direction again. Recent polls from the Florida Chamber’s Political Institute confirm that likely voters remain confident in our economy’s recovery. But while our state is moving in the right direction, we are at a pivotal turn point. Florida is now moving towards becoming the hub for global trade. […]

You’ve heard it said before- today’s manufacturing is not your grandfather’s manufacturing. In today’s world, industries like manufacturing require a unique set of skills that can be honed by specialized training in STEM. Science, technology, engineering and math are now more important than ever to Florida’s economic development- in fact there are more than 60,000 […]

Government and business officials will try to make deals for Florida exports. By Eric Kulisch Representatives from the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Lieutenant Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera and Enterprise Florida, the state’s economic development arm, are on a trade mission this week to Peru to market Florida products. Florida exported $2.8 billion worth of goods to […]

Florida’s economic recovery is well underway. Since 2010, Florida’s leadership has been focused on jobs. In fact, Florida Chamber of Commerce members and others have created more than 800,000 private-sector jobs. As Florida continues on the path to become the No. 1 job-creating state in the nation, Florida has an opportunity to help encourage underemployed […]

Harris Corporation is an international communications and information technology company that serves government and commercial markets in more than 125 countries. Based in Melbourne, the Fortune 500 company has approximately $5 billion of annual revenue and 13,000 employees. Harris is Central Florida’s largest technology employer with nearly 6,500 employees throughout the region, including about 3,000 […]

By Scott Powers, Orlando Sentinel If Florida increases its bet on gambling, the wager will ride on whether new casinos could become economic engines as in Baltimore, or economic vacuums as in Atlantic City. That was the central argument in a debate over gambling during a Florida Forward forum sponsored in downtown Orlando on Tuesday […]

BY DAVID SANTIAGO Imagine this: You wake up to find your kitchen flooded from a broken pipe. You frantically call a water extractor who arrives and says, “Don’t worry. Just sign these forms and we’ll handle everything.” The truth is, you’ve just signed away control of your insurance claim and may have permitted unscrupulous third […]

By: Kevin Derby Bill Johnson, well-known throughout the Sunshine State for his leadership of Miami’s port, was chosen on Thursday to replace outgoing state Commerce Secretary Gray Swoope as CEO of Enterprise Florida, the public-private partnership focused on expanding economic development. After leaving PortMiami, Johnson took over as director of the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer […]

By: Jeff Henderson Even though he is now out of office, Will Weatherford showed this week that he has no intention of heading toward the sidelines. Only 35, Weatherford just finished eight years in the Florida House including spending 2013 and 2014 as speaker. It’s no secret that Weatherford has ambitions for even higher office […]